ostentoso

Portuguese

Etymology

From ostentar +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /os.tẽˈto.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /os.tẽˈto.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʃ.tẽˈto.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /os.tẽˈto.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔʃ.tẽˈto.zu/

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: os‧ten‧to‧so

Adjective

ostentoso (feminine ostentosa, masculine plural ostentosos, feminine plural ostentosas, metaphonic)

1. ostentatious, flashy, showy

   Synonyms: pomposo, luxuoso, faustoso

   Antonyms: humilde, simples

Derived terms

• ostentosamente

Related terms

• ostentação

Further reading

• “ostentoso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ostentoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From ostentar +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ostenˈtoso/ [os.t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪o.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: os‧ten‧to‧so

Adjective

ostentoso (feminine ostentosa, masculine plural ostentosos, feminine plural ostentosas)

1. ostentatious, flashy, showy
2. swank, swanky

   Synonym: elegante

Derived terms

• ostentosamente

Further reading

• “ostentoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025